Dan Cunningham

Thanks guys. Alot of good suggestions given!

Just to clarify. Im currently in central IL. The property oportunity is in indiana near marion.

Im going to go check the property out if my schedule permits when the owner goes to her dads murder trial.

Ive also been thinking about buying a nice big cargo trailor and insulating/ building a camper/bugout home inside of it.

Problem is...if I dump my money in the cargo trailor...then I wont have land to put it on. Noone can predict the future but im not sure how vital it would be to actually own land versus bugging out in an emergency situation to a nice rural campground area.

Still have alot of options to weigh out. Will report back after I check the indiana property out.

Thanks again guys.... its a tough decision and all the varying feedback helps!

All good advice guys! I appreciate it and it gives me alot to think about.

Ive put a "wanted" add on local CL for 2-5 acres offering 1k per acre. Its a long shot but would be better if i could keep my current job and find something close by.

In the meantime Im going to look into the other land and may go take a drive there to check it out.

Thanks again guys

Another septic would take my whole budget probablly. Doubt I could talk any of them into a composting toilet lol.

I would actually prefer just to find a couple acres close by my current area and then build a tiny house/cabin on a trailor and move it out onto said land but I have no clue how to find a couple acres of land. Been looking on craigslist and a few sites but no luck

Ya thats the thing. My wifes friend is the owner of the land and wants to move there but says she cant live in the trailor her dad died in (he was murdered)

She has to go to indiana for the trial in a couple weeks so they got the guy at least.

I guess me buying her a trailor to add onto the property would be my ticket in to live on the property.

My wife and her friend (property owner are all for moving there and doing this)

But they are both niave and think its just as easy as buying a second mobile home and having it moved there. They dont realize about regulations,foundation,water,septic,electrical.... and everything else.

Im a person who sticks to myself and hates city life so friends etc isnt a problem for me. And my wife and her friend are really close and dont have alot of other friends.

The major problem is I only have around 8-10k of disposable funds to make it all happen.

I could move the friend into my current home and help with bills here while I moved into the property and found job, second mobile home etc.... i have about 3mo of storage food I could survive on.

I dont know. It sounds crazy but i see 2016-early 2017 as my last chance window to get out of the city.
With the elections on the horizon I see 3 outcomes and all three lead to civil unrest and dont want to be in an urban environment when that poo hits the oscillating blades

Ive been saving money where i can in hopes of buying some land and setting up a tiny house/cabin for a weekend getaway and somewhere to go if things get bad.

My ol ladies best friend who they have been close like sisters since they were kids has inherited 6 acres in indiana with a single wide trailor, large metal barn a small wooded area and a large beautiful pond with an island. Ive checked it out on google earth and it looks like a piece of dream property!
I curentlly live in illinois and indiana would be a better state to live in. She was going to sell the property but said she would live there if me and my ol lady lived there. We cant all live in one trailor obviously as i have 2 kids and the ol ladys friend has 2 kids.
I only have about 10k saved up and trying to pioneer a way to make this work.
Any ideas or suggesstions or is this just a dream?
I thought about buying a second mobile home and having it moved onto the property but dont know what kind of regulations there are and what it would cost to tie second home into septic and well. Also not sure if id have to have a slab poured for a foundation?

Also thought about buying a large camper trailer and that would cover all the above issues as id just have to park it but not sure what Id do about human waste etc. And the ol ladys friend wont stay in the trailor her dad died in and doubt she would want to live in a camper.

Just trying to figure out if theres any possible way to make this work on a 10k budget. Im a welder and see some welding jobs posted online in the town 15min away.

I would love to live there and work on building a couple tiny houses but havnt quite sold the idea to my wife since we have 2 kids but i love the idea of having land and being free without mortgage and barely making it by paying bills in my current urban lifestyle.

So.... am i dreaming or could this happen?

I did end up welding 5 metal castors to the bottom but not much more progress due to the unusually early hot weather weve had and the ol ladys truck needing new brake lines.

Got some more bricks for the riser and some refractory cement.

Just need to buy some sheet to finish the core box and then Ive got everything up untill I build the exhaust.

Ok thanks guys

Thanks for the replies!
Ya I was thinking of maybe adding heatsink fins to the barrel to help disperse some more heat and maybe a fan behind the barrel blowing torwards center of garage.

What would be good to use to shield the walls in th3 corner of the garage where this will be going? I was thinking cement board or whatever its called. Its used for bathrooms where tiles will be used.
Is there a more preferable material?

The heat riser will be made of the same firebrick and wrapped with 1" ceramic insulation and will be 2-3" below the top plate . I planned on welding a 8" or 10" sheetmetal box for the exhaust port at the bottom back of the bottom barrel then running a 6" pipe straight out the ceiling for exhaust. Should this exhaust port box be larger? There will be no steel in my riser or core just using it to frame in the firebrick and insulation.

Do you think the area between the riser and barrel is not large enough? Should I downsize my core/riser for a bigger gap?

Hopefully these pics explain it better.

There was a guy on youtube and on here named zerofossil fuel. He made a workshop heater out of a small air compressor tank...it had no mass. Im doing the same thing but on a larger scale. And instead of fiberglass insulation im using ceramic insulation.

In the pics I just have the floor of the core in place. It will end up with sheetmetal welded, encaplulating the core with insulation sandwiched between it and the brick core.

The bottom section with have the core cemented and insulated.... top section will have a removeable riser that will be either held together with cement or a steel frame and insulated.

I want a semi permanent unit that could easily be broken down and moved inside the house if needed for a shtf situation.

Heres the bottom section after I used a cutoff wheel to remove the material and left a 1" lip for gasket. Still need to do the same on the top sections bottom.

Pic of weld using cheap $280 campbell 100a mig welder. This welder sucked using flux and finally after having it for 5 years I sprung for some gas and a regulator and wow! Its like a whole different machine now.

Last pic is with the cores bottom plate installed. Still need to build the cores box before welding it in.

The 3 above pics in previous post are a mockup of my core in the bottom barrel.

Going off memory I think my core is 4.5" x 6.5" ..... should I go with a 6" or 8" exhaust?